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Pair Tests in a High School Classroom

Author(s) -

Rachaniphorn Ngotngamwong

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244014564359

Subject(s) - laziness , psychology , test (biology) , quarter (canadian coin) , mathematics education , social psychology , outcome (game theory) , developmental psychology , mathematics , paleontology , history , archaeology , mathematical economics , psychiatry , biology

This study was conducted to find out how high school studentsresponded to pair tests: the collaboration of two students in taking a test together.The objectives of pair tests were intended to create excitement, a higher motivation tostudy, increase learning through discussion, and close collaboration during a test. Theoutcome of the study indicated that the majority of the students enjoyed pair tests, andthere were increases in motivation, discussion, learning, and collaboration. The maindownsides of pair tests were disagreements over answers and the laziness of some testtakers as this behavior created negative impacts on their responsible partners. Theoverall picture of pair tests was positive, and it is recommended that they areadministered not more than once a quarter

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